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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 114 

Honoring Congresswoman Geraldine A. Ferraro, the first woman selected 

by a major political party as its candidate for Vice President of the 

United States, and extending the condolences of the Senate on her 

death. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 29, 2011 

Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Mrs. HUTCHISON, Ms. MIKULSKI, Ms. AYOTTE, 

Mrs. BOXER, Ms. CANTWELL, Ms. COLLINS, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mrs. 

HAGAN, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Ms. LANDRIEU, Mrs. MCCASKILL, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mrs. MURRAY, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Ms. SNOWE, Ms. STABENOW, 

Mr. REID, Mr. MCCONNELL, Mr. BARRASSO, Mr. AKAKA, Mr. BAUCUS, 

Mr. BEGICH, Mr. BENNET, Mr. BINGAMAN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. 

BROWN of Ohio, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. CARPER, Mr. CASEY, Mr. CONRAD, 

Mr. COONS, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. FRANKEN, Mr. HARKIN, Mr. INOUYE, Mr. 

JOHNSON of South Dakota, Mr. KERRY, Mr. KOHL, Mr. LAUTENBERG, 

Mr. LEAHY, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. LIEBERMAN, Mr. MANCHIN, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. NELSON of Florida, Mr. NELSON of Nebraska, 

Mr. PRYOR, Mr. REED, Mr. ROCKEFELLER, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. TESTER, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Mr. UDALL of New Mexico, 

Mr. WARNER, Mr. WEBB, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. WYDEN, and Mr. 

CHAMBLISS) submitted the following resolution; which was considered 

and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Honoring Congresswoman Geraldine A. Ferraro, the first 

woman selected by a major political party as its candidate for Vice President of the United States, and extending the condolences of the Senate on her death. 


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Whereas Congresswoman Geraldine A. Ferraro served the 

people of the Ninth Congressional District of New York 

for 6 years; 

Whereas Congresswoman Ferraro worked her way through 

law school at Fordham University, at a time when very 

few women did so; 

Whereas Congresswoman Ferraro then joined the Queens 

County District Attorney’s Office, where she supervised 

the prosecution of a variety of violent crimes, including 

child and domestic abuse; 

Whereas in 1978, New York’s Ninth Congressional District 

in Queens elected Congresswoman Ferraro to the U.S. 

House of Representatives, where she was one of only 16 

women members of the House; 

Whereas when she was nominated as the running mate of 

Vice President Walter F. Mondale in the 1984 presidential race, Congresswoman Ferraro became the first 

woman ever chosen to run on the national ticket of either 

of the 2 major political parties of the United States; 

Whereas Congresswoman Ferraro’s candidacy continues the 

progress begun by women who achieved political firsts before her and helped to tear down barriers to the full and 

equal participation of women in national politics; 

Whereas in January 1993, President Clinton appointed Ms. 

Ferraro a United States Ambassador to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, a role from which 

she championed the rights of women around the world; 

and 

Whereas Geraldine Ferraro’s 1984 bid for Vice President 

helped our daughters join our sons in believing they could 


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achieve anything they set their minds to: Now, therefore, 

be it 

1 Resolved, That— 

2 (1) the Senate recognizes that Geraldine A. 

3 Ferraro’s vice-presidential candidacy forever en4 riched the American political landscape and forged a 

5 new path for women of the United States; 

6 (2) the Senate pays tribute to Congresswoman 

7 Geraldine A. Ferraro’s work to improve the lives of 

8 women and families not only in the Ninth Congres9 sional District of New York, whom she represented 

10 so well, but also the lives of women and families all 

11 across the United States; 

12 (3) the Senate requests the Secretary of the 

13 Senate to transmit an enrolled copy of this resolu14 tion to the family of Congresswoman Geraldine A. 

15 Ferraro; and 

16 (4) when the Senate adjourns today, it stand 

17 adjourned as a further mark of respect to the mem18 ory of Congresswoman Geraldine A. Ferraro. 

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